Where to find FM Transmitter?

[Hunter310]

Never mind I found it!


I am looking for a Vastelec FM2 transmitter, but cant find anything on eBay. Where would a good source be for this transmitter, or is there a better transmitter I should be looking at?

Thanks,

Steve E.

[jem5136]

Have you tried Googleing it? That may help. And I have never used one, but there is another FM Transmitter called the Whole House Transmitter, new they cost about $100, but you can look on ebay or other sites for them and sometimes can save a little money too.

Jesse

[rstehle]

Here ya go. I don't think any of the eBay sellers call them VFM-02, but if you search for 30 mw transmitter, you can find them.

[Hunter310]

Thanks!

It was one of those things.... as soon as I hit submit, I found it.

Thanks for the reply.

Here ya go. I don't think any of the eBay sellers call them VFM-02, but if you search for 30 mw transmitter, you can find them.

[BrianMiller]

I just purchased one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_5108wt_935



-Brian

[dirknerkle]

I just purchased one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_5108wt_935

-Brian

Hope you live in a rural area where there are no FCC people hanging around... that 5W is going to go for miles and miles. You can cover a whole town with that. You may want to look into ways to attenuate the signal at the antenna end or you could get in some hot water with that baby...

[BrianMiller]

Hope you live in a rural area where there are no FCC people hanging around... that 5W is going to go for miles and miles. You can cover a whole town with that. You may want to look into ways to attenuate the signal at the antenna end or you could get in some hot water with that baby...

I was a little worried about that. I've used many small FM transmitters in the past (years ago) and they were terrible. I figured this would be powerful enough.

I noticed the 200ft radius rule and the 50ohm load requirement for the antenna. I guess I could put the required load on the transmitter and not use an antenna at all. I'll have to figure something out......

Edit!: I can put the antenna in some sort of an enclosure with shielding.... It might even be adjustable. There are a few pictures here: http://www.elecsky.com/index.php?mai...&products_id=4 that shows a few POTs.

[oldcqr]

Last year (or was it 2 years ago?), I was spouting off that it would be the RIAA that came-a-knockin' to our display's before the FCC.

...

Then someone over at PC had the Men in Black show up at his door. He was WAY over the limit with a transmitter that was supposedly 'legal' (we're talking milliwatts here). Thankfully they were nice to him.

Ok, now granted the MiB showed up because this person has a Grinchy neighbor that doesn't like his show. But all it seemed to take was that one person to make one call.

Beware. 5W is going to draw attention.. FAST.

[BrianMiller]

Last year (or was it 2 years ago?), I was spouting off that it would be the RIAA that came-a-knockin' to our display's before the FCC.

...

Then someone over at PC had the Men in Black show up at his door. He was WAY over the limit with a transmitter that was supposedly 'legal' (we're talking milliwatts here). Thankfully they were nice to him.

Ok, now granted the MiB showed up because this person has a Grinchy neighbor that doesn't like his show. But all it seemed to take was that one person to make one call.

Beware. 5W is going to draw attention.. FAST.

Well crap,.. bummer I didn't see this forum before buying the darn thing.

What is the recommended FM power for an average display?

[budude]

You may want to look into attenuators to put in-line with your antenna to knock the signal down a bit. Every 3db is cutting it down in half. You would need to find one with the appropriate connectors, etc.